Steacie Library will remain open until 1AM on weekdays from Nov. 23 to Dec. 18.
Wireless printing is now available!
September 9, 2009 at 9:50 AM (Misc)
See the complete details on the Computing for Students web page.
International Year of Astronomy exhibits
August 13, 2009 at 12:00 PM (Misc)
Continuing our celebration of the International Year of Astronomy, we have put up a few exhibitions showcasing various resources related to Galileo and astronomy. Come check them out!
Click on this photo to view other photos from the exhibits.
Click above to view our Facebook photo album for these exhibits.
New library acquisition
August 13, 2009 at 9:47 AM (Misc)
Steacie Library is pleased to welcome our newest librarian, Angela Hamilton. Angela replaces as the Nursing and Biology Librarian Ilo Katryn-Maimets, who has temporarily transitioned to another position within York University Libraries.
Angela Hamilton, Nursing and Biology Librarian
New Scanner
July 2, 2009 at 11:26 AM (Misc)
We’ve installed a new second scanner, located the next island over from the old one, at workstation P1ST7029. It is an Epson Perfection V30, and is more advanced than our old scanner, but more delicate. Please be gentle with it! An electronic user’s manual is available on the desktop; alternatively, you can approach any of the reference staff for help.
Epson Perfection V30 scanner
Photocopying and Printing Charge Increases
July 2, 2009 at 9:48 AM (Misc)
Beginning today, black-and-white photocopying and printing in all York University Libraries using the GoPrint system will increase from 9 cents per page (per side, i.e. 18 cents for double-sided) to 10 cents per page (i.e. 20 cents for double-sided). The charge for color printing remains the same at 25 cents per page.
Extended hours
May 14, 2009 at 6:21 PM (Misc)
Steacie Library will be open from 12 to 8 on Victoria Day (May 18), and will extend hours for the exam period as follows:
May 18 (Victoria Day) 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
May 19 – 22 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
May 25 – 29 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
There will be no Circulation service after 11:00 p.m. (Mon.-Thu.) and 8:00 p.m. (Fri.), with the exception of laptops; these will be allowed out as usual.
ICSTI 2009: Managing Data for Science
February 27, 2009 at 9:25 PM (Misc)
The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) 2009 Public Conference: Managing Data for Science, will take place June 9-10, 2009, at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa, Ontario.
This conference is organized by the National Research Council Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI).
The conference will be of interest to researchers, scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishers, IM/IT professionals, chief information officers, and librarians in the academic, public and private sectors.
Speakers from Canada, the United States and Europe will address:
* How eScience affects the way libraries, publishers and scientists relate to each other.
* How the era of “big data” will enable enhanced experimentation and collaboration in science.
For full details, see the conference web site.
Year in review: Last year in library resources
December 13, 2008 at 9:45 PM (Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Kinesiology, Misc, Science and Technology, databases)
Here, in no particular order, are some of the most significant new science-related resources acquired by the Libraries in the past year. Follow the links and try them out!
LibX allows you to search the York University Libraries catalogue from a toolbar in your web browser, without having to leave whatever web page you’re viewing. This is most handy for copying titles, authors, and ISBNs from a web page and pasting them straight into the LibX bar in the browser, saving you the trouble of opening a new tab or window and navigating to the Libraries’ home page. Here also is a PowerPoint presentation showing how to install LibX and use it to search Google Books and Amazon.
Guide to Cited Reference Searching in Web of Science
Have you ever found a journal article and wondered how many other articles cited it in their references? Check out this guide to find out how to use Web of Science’s cited reference search feature.
See also this chart comparing Web of Science to Scopus to Google Scholar.
Guide to Scopus search alerts using RSS
Have you ever conducted the same search over and over and over and over and over because you wanted to stay up-to-date with the latest publications on a certain subject? Check out this guide to find out how to set up alerts for your Scopus searches. You can set up as many searches as you want, and use any RSS feed reader to see at-a-glance which ones have new hits.
Research Performance Measurement: Introducing the Scopus h-index
Another feature of Scopus is the h-index, a measure of the impact and quality of a researcher’s output. How do you find the h-index? Watch this video.
Here are collections of electronic books about, for example, Information Technology and Engineering, broken down into sub-topics, including book covers and linked tables of contents. [To access different subjects, click on the link and then change the "View by:" drop-down box on the right side to your choice of subject.]
The journal Nature is now available in full-text electronic form all the way back to its first issue from 1869.
Nanoscience Journals
The Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (full-text from 2008 onward) and the Journal of Bionanoscience (full-text from 2007 onward) are now available. You might say this is BIG news…! (That was a science joke.)
SciFinder Scholar is now available via the Web, so there is no longer any need to download and install client software on your computer. Here are instructions on how to register to access the Web version.
Resources that are out of this world!
York now has access to the 200 most recent International Astronomical Union Circulars (IAUCs), which are used to announce and disseminate astronomical phenomena.
Biological Abstracts via Web of Knowledge
Finally, the database Biological Abstracts is now available through the Web of Knowledge interface. Same content, different look.
